Hi,
Just wanted to ask here how our overall gpa is calculated? Like the gpa that counts whether you get into a clinical programme or not. I'm a bit confused if it's the grade we get from sem1 subjects or if it's from both sem1 and 2? If anyone could enlighten me:)
much appreciated xx
I know you guys are stressed for ucat and midterms but for people that have the time,
Did doing well in high school correlate to doing well in first year? All the people I know that want to do biomed are the smartest people I know that accelerated multiple year levels. Im still an excellence-level student but I feel below average compared to them and wonder if I can keep up with these people next year who are in a completely different league
Have no subject accelerations or plan to do scholarship exams btw. Im a normie.
like… i’m spending an hours on ONE lecture it’s clearly not productive…
My current process is to oook through transcript and add stuff alongside lecture slides then make notes in google doc and then make anki…
idk why but it takes me so long 💔
I just got my biosci results back and got a B+... Don't know if I can recover from this rn... But let's say I can do decent in my exam and do ok in my other tests, do I still have a chance? I'm applying under the RRAS scheme, by the way.
heya
made this in 2025 with a whole lot of determination and stupidity. knew it would be useful for people the year after (crazy to think its already been a year since i had the thought) so am sharing it now.
its totally free, so you may as well go look through it.
https://s.craft.me/lj2F3N5Y6DcdOZ
(if you do end up using it, please get a higher grade than my asian avoidant ex who underestimated the paper.)
its essentially a document with absolutely everything that could show up in the final exam. i'm pretty convinced one could memorize it without going to a single lecture and get 100% on the final.
if you don't have any flashcards for poplhlth, i would make them based on everything in here.
i've also included (marked) exams from years and years ago up until recent - though the recent ones are unmarked (you'll notice the old ones are very similar to what we cover now, anyway). if you look hard enough you'll see comments from people sitting the exam last year. nothing more than nostalgia, but i find things like that have a melancholic undertone. i wonder what they are doing now, sometimes.
thats what it looks like. all lecture objectives are included, also.
again just click on those little arrows and you'll see the associated lecture slides. all the examinable slides are on there (literally ALL. i went through like 700 slides or more doing this. i also included some non-starred slides that were pretty relevant / brought attention to. - one of which was directly examined in 2024)
you'll also find a massive pdf containing everything from module 2 - onwards.
theres also direct links to the examinable workshop stuff, though not sure if those work anymore. either way i've addressed that stuff
the goal last year was to have everything that could be examined on a single document. i think this is that.
hope it helps : P
(have an even better resource for medsci142 when you guys get to that, its amazing and im very proud of it).
- oh and, if you guys have any questions regarding the exam feel free to ask me in the replies.
meow
Currently Y13 and I feel like I have been studying really hard but not in a smart or efficient way. I was wondering if there is any tips you guys would like to share to help me start building these habits or study techniques that are beneficial for premed? Anything will help. As of now I have just been using a study guide going through content and doing questions.
So, im doing first year nutrition rn (same as biomed -physics 160), and ive known i wanted to do MND since like year 9, ive also been heavily invested in the requirements i need to get into the course, however there is alot of information telling me alot of different things about it.
First image - MND, MMI invite: very low compared to other clinicals, this is easy to achieve for me
Second image - Median GPA for successful applicatiants for MND 2026 entry: why is it so much higher? almost a 2 point difference.
Third image (the one that bothers me) - does this mean that everyone who got an interview (5.12 was the cutoff for 2026) got an offer? and it just happened that everyone who applied had a high gpa?
My theory is that people applied to MND whilst also applying to other clinicals via grad entry, so like MND was a "backup" for them, and people who where compeating for med entry got the MND interview, but just never showed up??? idk
This bothers me since i am lowkey lazy af and a 6.88 gpa will be tough, the MND entry requirements have been going downwards for the past half decade so maybe it could be like 6.6 by the time i apply, but still. I origionally saw the 5 on the MMI invite and thought (ill aim for 6.0), but im still unsure on wheather i need a 5 or a 6.8?
I know I can do good in the MMI that bit doesnt worry me at all.
Anyone else find the question wording really poorly written? Almost like a bad translation of questions, or having random words that shouldn’t be in the questions?
hi i’m just wondering if there’s anyone that’s in boptom or bmedimag currently or knows of what average GPA from the seven first yr papers is generally needed to get in, and also the GPA from the sem 1 papers for an MMI.
there doesn’t seem to be too much info so would really appreciate any info, especially in recent years as i assume entry is getting more competitive :)
if I get A+ overall in biosci (im hopeful test went good and If I continue revision hopefully exam too!) and the other core papers EXCEPT chemistry how doomed am I if I apply for med?
Today we had chem test (and I genuinely though the test was easy but I just had not preped enough {personal life stuff - no, it doesn't count for the AEGORANT thingy}) and I feel like I scored 70%-80% (+/-10%), def not below 70% but def not in the 90%s.
If worst case senario scored 70%, on the TEST, how would I need to make this up (my labs haven't been perfect ngl) but I am confident with the other stuff we get graded on (like assignments) and hopefully my situation will be better for the exam, as I know I can do so well in chemistry, its my favorite, I just had some stuff going on.
so realistically if I get A+ in biosci, pophlth and medsci but based on the scenario above I have described for chemistry..
(a) how well would I need to preform in exam (I am trying to get as close as I can to full marks!!!!!!! I am going to try really hard)
(b) given it I get A+ in the 3/4 cores, what happens if my chem isn't A+ (and what would the lowest score be for me to be considered for med)
(c) is there anyway I can get extra credit ahhh (ik American core) but atp I feel like I need it
and YES. I have been getting plussage.
- my ucat prep has been sufficient and im happy w my scores
- I am confident in my interview skills.
Don’t judge me, i know that i screwed up for the first half of the sem, but i know now that i genuinely have to lock in and sacrifice more of my time.
But i bombed my BIOSCI 107 (worth 30%) and POPHLTH 111 (worth 25%) msts, i think i got a range of B for both tests around 65% - 79% give or take. Is it genuinely over me? I KNOW that i can get a good mark for the exams if I start studying from day one (instead of cramming like i did for those 2 tests).
Im not sure how all the conversion goes or how to, but do I still have a shot at getting into medicine? Assuming that my ucat and mmi scores will be around an average level?
Also has anyone gotten into med even though they got a C in a mid sem test? Im so scared right now.
Hey guys, I was just wondering how hard / common it is for a group to get A+ for the both the written report and the presentation of the group project? (have seen the marking rubric but it still seems a little ambiguous…)
Thanks and would really appreciate any response! :)
Hi there, I am wondering if it’s possible for me to get an A in the exam? I managed to get an A in the test but I struggled a lot and found a lot of the wording really confusing, which is frustrating bc I think I could’ve done a lot better.
Is the exam similar to the test and is it more time pressured or will they make the questions easier to compensate for more questions? Ty!!!
stop asking if you’re cooked if you did bad on the chem110 midsem. there’s plussage, if you did bad just do better in the exam and they won’t even count your test grades.
you’re fine, stop freaking out
sincerely,
third year biomed student
edit: bro it was a joke 😭😭 my bad gang im not actually annoyed 😙
I scored 49/70 on biosci and 41/70 in chem. I know I didn’t do good in pop health either. I’m a bit worried. Like many people doing biomed, I want to do medicine, obviously I’m not doing too well right now but do you believe it’s possible to get an mmi interview if I did well in the exams?
Also, what is needed to get a mmi interview? All I know is that I need good grades but I don’t know how good they can be at a minimum or what else I would even need
I think I can max get an A for every course. Whats the chance of getting into med, what type of ucat or mmi should I be aiming for, or should I try for post grad?
i'm really not sure how to study for these two courses.
i did okay in the midterms but that was only because i learnt most of it in highschool, now the new content is not familiar at all.
right now, i just attend the lectures and do anki for biosci when i get home, and dont know what to do for chem. and im pretty sure just doing anki for biosci isnt effective at all as im retaining like 20%
what is a more effective way for studying for these two subjects? i find i usually remember the content better if i'm able to talk to someone else, as if im teaching them
do any past first year students have an example of their poplhlth 111 presentation?
hii im srsly behind since i gapped all my classes/lectures to lock in for midterms (starting from week 6), however, catching up now its dawning on me that everything is significantly harder since its all new. i was just wondering would it be better to go at my own pace and understand the subject material slowly or should i just try to catch up as much as possible so it doesnt bite me in the back when finals comes around? i dont know what to do cus im just so slow with understanding everything but as every day passes i get even more behind 😭
also in the future does anyone have any tips for when lectures still go on during mid-term season? when i was doing my midterms this yr i felt like i didnt want to overload myself with more info and possibly forget important stuff for my tests
Got a 46/70 on my chem110 midterm ☠️ is it still possible to get an A/A+ overall for the course? I’m a FY and applying under the UTAS/ low decile admission scheme btw 😓
